I study communities/social systems, behavior, and power dynamics from a social science perspective (and struggle with the physics of at the detailed level) but I am thinking a lot about how humans interact with complex systems and in some cases, those systems prompt relaxation (for example, walking in a forest brings down blood pressure) and sometimes prompt anxiety (say, an office environment).
My hypothesis is that when the complex system is organized around simple fractals, it is calming to the human nervous system but when a complex system is organized around unique outcomes/outputs, it triggers anxiety and that this partially explains the friction experienced in large institutions and organizations. But I have no idea whether that observation based on my own experience with many organizations has any scientific/physical analog - but would love your perspective!
terrific post, really inspiring
Many thanks!
I study communities/social systems, behavior, and power dynamics from a social science perspective (and struggle with the physics of at the detailed level) but I am thinking a lot about how humans interact with complex systems and in some cases, those systems prompt relaxation (for example, walking in a forest brings down blood pressure) and sometimes prompt anxiety (say, an office environment).
My hypothesis is that when the complex system is organized around simple fractals, it is calming to the human nervous system but when a complex system is organized around unique outcomes/outputs, it triggers anxiety and that this partially explains the friction experienced in large institutions and organizations. But I have no idea whether that observation based on my own experience with many organizations has any scientific/physical analog - but would love your perspective!
I don't fully grasp what you mean by "is organized around.."